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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time did the author take as maternity leave from Google when she had her first child?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 2 months.

2. Who “joined Facebook in 2008 and held a number of jobs throughout the company in communications, human resources, and mobile products,” according to the author in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?
(a) Don Graham.
(b) Omid Kordestani.
(c) Molly Graham.
(d) Alice Walker.

3. In what year was Sheryl Sandberg named the Treasury Department’s chief of staff?
(a) 1992.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1999.

4. Of Yale alumni who had reached their forties by 2000, what percentage of the men remained in the workforce, according to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?
(a) 65%.
(b) 43%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 90%.

5. The author states in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth” that truth is better served by using what kind of language?
(a) Simple language.
(b) Affectionate language.
(c) Belittling language.
(d) Eloquent language.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many families with children in the U.S. are led by a single parent today, according to the author in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

2. The author states in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All” that in 2009, married middle-income parents worked about how many more hours per week than in 1979?

3. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of “highly qualified women with children are leaving careers, or ‘off-ramping,’ for a period of time” as a result of parenthood?

4. What language does the author describe Mark Zuckerberg deciding to learn a few years ago in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

5. The author states in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner,” “According to the most recent analysis, when a husband and wife both are employed full-time, the mother does” what percent more child care than the father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is one example that is cited by the author as an individual who had to make an immediate choice between career and family in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

2. How did Sheryl Sandberg respond when she was belittled upon meeting an admired politician in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

3. What anecdote does the author open with in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

4. Why does the author say that women dropping out of the workplace in anticipation of later conflicts is a problem today in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

5. What website and organization does the author promote in the Afterword: “Let’s Keep Talking”?

6. What is one example of the dangers of blindly following leaders that Sandberg describes in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

7. How is Marissa Mayer used as an example of gender bias between women in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

8. What did Sharon Proczter say of “having it all” in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

9. Who does the author praise for embracing emotion in the workplace in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

10. What study does the author cite in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner” as an indication of the power a partner has in a woman’s career choices?

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